Who Are We Making Disciples Of?
You reproduce what you are.
No amount of training, books, or curriculum is going to change this simple concept. You will always reproduce what you are. What does that mean for us as individuals and churches as we seek to carry out the Great Commision?
As individuals it means that if we want to make disciples of Jesus Christ we have to be disciples of Jesus Christ. We can't be disciples of John Piper or Matt Chandler or Mars Hill church. We have to be fully devoted to Christ and His Word alone.
As churches that means in order to make disciples of Christ we must have disciples of Christ leading our ministries. We must be good at equipping and finding mature, devoted followers of Christ to lead our ministries. No amount of programming, curriculum, or planning will allow us to overcome the principle of reproduction.
We reproduce what we are? We are reproducing something, both individually and as churches. We are making disciples both individually and as churches.
Who are we making disciples of? Who are we reproducing in others? Ourselves? A pastor we admire? A church we really like?
Or are we making disciples of Jesus.
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